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Retriever-dragoons. According to local legends, the battle of Lappeenranta (between Swedish-Finnish and Russian forces) on August 23 1741 was so bloody, that the piece of timber in the monument flowed in a river of blood down from the fortress-city and the city was destroyed. [This’ll end our history lesson for now. Lappeenranta is Ramin’s home town. -Ed.]